Cover for cooking utensils



Nov. 18, 1930. l.. H. TAYLOR 1,782,079

COVER FOR COOKING UTENSILS Filed Aug. 13, .1929

readily to` the interior of the covery frusto-conical as shown,

5 between Patented Nov. 18, 1930 LAWRENCE HENRY TAYLOR, or ioni, KANSAS COVER. Eonl COOKING UrENsILs yApplication filed August 13,y 1929. SeralYNo. 385,564.`

Y.; Thisinventionrelates to a cover ,for cooklng utensils, one of the objects vbeing to provice van eliicient and and-a water heater. ,f

Another object is to provide a coverl the parts of which can be assembled easily, means being provided whereby access can be had for the purpose of cleaning it.

A further object is to provide a cover utilizing water as a condensing medium, this water also acting as a weight for holdingthe 15 -cover firmly on the utensil, thereby to prevent the escape of steam between the utensil an the cover.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in .view Vwhich will appear as the description i 20 proceeds,the invention resides, in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described .and claimed, it .being understood that changes .in the precise embodiment of the invention 25 herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without from the spiritof the invention.

In the accompanying drawing the preferred form of the invention has been' shown.

In said drawing,

yFigure 1V is a central vertical section through the cover, a portion of the utensil on which it is mounted being shown in section. Y

Figure 2 is a plan view of the cover, parts being broken away.

VReferring to the figures by characters of reference, l designates the body portion of the cover which can be slightly tapered or if desired, this body being provided with anannular liange 2 along the outer marginof which is formed a departing preferably by a disk' 4 having a flange 5 'eX- tending downwardly therefrom and terminating in a bead 6 which is concentric with but spaced from the bead 3. The body 1 and flange 5 are preferably joined by crimping or rolling so as to provide a water-tight joint these parts. Obviously the parts can simple device of this character which, when placed in positionl on4 f 5 a cooking utensil, will act both as a condenser is screw-threaded and is extended bottom disk 4. -Washers 15 are above andbelowthe disk 4. Washers19 are interposed between said'disk and the nut and in body 1 and is V`of is brought above the-lower endV of tube 2 0 below the upper V'end of tube'17." The ,cover is then placed'on the utensil in which although it ispreferred to join them as explained. v W

In the top of the body 1 there is formed an opening7 surrounded by a depending iiange 8 and another vopening 9 is formed in thel top of the body, thesame beingsurrounded by an upstanding'flange 10.

Fitted around having` a central depression 12 in which is seated one end of a handle 13 -formed of wood, composition, or any other suitable material. Through this handle is extended a tieibolt v111 the head ofwhich vrests on the outer end fof the handle while the lower portion of the bolt through the mounted on the bolt in contactwith the opposed faces of the disk 4' and arefadapted to be clamped theretoby nuts 16 engaging the boltl Obviously `by providing this bolt'the handle 13 will be held securely to its seat formed'by recess 12, cap 11 will'be heldtightlyfon'the:

to-p of cover 1, and the fdisk 4 willbetied threadedfor.` engagement by nuts 18 located by tighteningthe nut the tube 17 is not only` kheld securely to the diskbutthe-washers are forced tightly finto engagement with the disk so as to form a tight connection. i Seated tightly fri'ctionallyengages'theflange 8 is awa'ter tube20. .Thistube extendsdownwar'dly withprovided, at its Vouter end, with a liaredhead 21 formed with an annular shoulder 22fada`pted to bear firmly onthe v`top ofcoverl. bead 3. The'bottoin of the body is closed vpractice water is poured :throughthe 20 into the body 1 until the level theretubes water is to be boiled; The water in the cover is'ofsuch weight as to hold said cover-rmly on the utensil lso thatit will not belifted by be connectedin any other `manner k'desired the flange l0 is laicapvll 'the opening f7' where Vit `tainer,

the pressure of steam from within the utensil. Said utensil has been indicated at A. The steam generated in the utensil will flow upwardly through the tube 17 into the space above the water level. As its only means of escape is by way of the tube 20, the steam will be forced downwardlyinto the water in the cover and thus be condensed.V Consequently, none of the steam with fumes from food being cooked will .escape utensil.

The action of steam upon the water body 1 will quickly raise the temperature of the water which can subsequently be `withdrawn by pouring it through the tube V20 and used for any purpose desired.A Q f Importance is attached to the fact that all of the parts of this device can be readily formed and assembled. Byv removingthe bolts 14, the 'handle 13 and cap 1l can be re` moved, thereby giving access to the 4interior of the body l for the purpose of cleaning the same.

. I/Vhat is claimed is: f

1. A cover for cooking utensils and the like, including a body constituting a water'cona steam outlet tube opening through the bottom of said body into the upper portion thereof, a water tube opening through the top of the body downwardlyfinto the lower portion thereof, vsaid body having'an' opening in the top thereof, a capfor closing the opening, and means extending upwardly within'the body for Vdetachably Yconnecting the bottom of the body and the'cap.-

2. A cover for cooking utensils andl the like, including a body constitutinga water a steam outlet tube opening through the bottomV of said body into the upper portion thereof, a watertube opening through the top of the body downwardly into the lower portion there-of, said bodyhaving an opening in the top thereof, a cap for closing the opening, a

and means extending through the handle, cap

and body for holding them assembled.

3. A cover forrcooking utensilsand the from the Acap .with the body. Y Y

the bottom portion of edgesof the flanges of the body and disk, said Vtom thereof, a tube Yclosure let tube carried by the disk and opening'into a water tubev the upper portion of the body,

seated in one of the openings in the top of the body and opening downwardly into the body, a cap normally closing the other open- 'in'gin the top'of the body, andl means extending through the handle,

ahandle thereon,

Aand disk for holding them assembled 5. A condensingl cover for'cooking utensils and the likeincluding a lbodyhaving an annulark flange at. .the bottom thereof, 'a disk having an annular flange seated tightly in the body, beads at the beads cooperating to receive between them the cooking utensil supporting the cover, a cap on the body, there being an opening in said body normally closed by the'cap, a handle mounted on the'cap, means extending through the handle, cap and disk for holding them assembled with the vbody, and means inthe body for trapping steam. l

6. A condensing cover for cooking utensils vand the like including ahollow body constituting a water container, a tub-e opening into the upper portion of the body from the botopeningy into` the 'lower ofthe body from the top thereof, a for the toppof the body, means within thev body for 'detachably connectingV the cloportion 'sure to the bottom of the body, and annular port said body and the weight of the contents thereof.V

In testimony that I'claimthe foregoing as my own, I have hereto Vaiiixed my signature. handle mounted on the cap,

LAWRENCE HENRY TAYLOR.

like including abody,a disk seated in the bottom portion thereof and forming awater-tight connection therewith, said body constituting a water container,a steam outlet Vtube secured to and' extending through the diskand opening upwardly into'the upper portion of the body, a water tubev opening through the top Vof the body anddownwardly linto the lower portion thereof, there being an openingin the topv of the body, a handle'seated inthe cap,and a rod extendholding themV assembled with thebody.

4. A condensing cover for cooking utenthe` bottoml thereof and openings inl the top thereof,

an annular flange tightly seated in the bottom a cap closing the opening,

Ving through the handle, cap and diskl for aV disk having 

